Why isn't kickboxing more popular?

Because K-1 is dead and K-1 stars got old.

K-1 + PRIDE era is the pinnacle of combat sports awesomeness.
 
Yodsanan said:
keep that shit in the UFC - discussion.
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I hate it when mods exile threads over here.

I wasted 30 seconds reading through that front page before I realized that I was exposing myself to Heavies-posting inbreds.
 
Officer_Brown said:
- No personalities. (except Badr Hari whos coming back at the end of this year, HUGE FIGHT)
- Americans suck at it
- No big organisations
- All big names already retired
- Bad marketing (needs to be televised on TV)
- All talent going into MMA because there is more money
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No personalities? We don't need Sonnen or Mcgregor type of trash talk to get entertained in Kickboxing.
It's not because fighters don't have personalities, it's because there's less marketing, press conferences and contents about the fighters, their training etc. compared to MMA and more specifically the UFC.
There are still plenty of big names, granted not as much as in the 90's and early 2000's, but you still have some great names like Saenchai, Nieky Holzken, Sittichai, Robin Van Roosmalen, Giorgio Petrosyan, Ghokan Saki, Rico Verhoven, Buakaw, Artur Kyshenko, etc.
I agree with your 2 points in bold though.

Coolidge said:
Stupid clown size gloves and constant breaks in the action?
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Somehow I get bored watching MMA more often especially when it's not the top level. The number of times you see 2 guys holding each other against the cage with nothing happening, or one guy being a wet blanket on top of the other fighter on the ground... And I'm not even gonna start on the number of times MMA fights are stopped because of eye pokes, groin shots, and other fouls.

tenniswhiz said:
The talent pool was so shallow pure boxers would show up and wreck kickboxers. They had to actually make rules requiring the athletes to throw kicks!
There isn't really a legit kickboxing tradition.
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You're talking about American Kickboxing (with the long pants and no low kicks). There is no requirements to throw kicks in Japanese/Dutch/K-1 rules Kickboxing. A few boxers have a go in K-1 and pretty much always got TKO'd by kicks.
Again the 'legit kickboxing tradition' you're talking about is probably non existing in USA but that's not the case in Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and Thailand.
 
Sometimes when people are knowledgeable about a subject they can appear to be stuck up assholes to those who are not as knowledgeable.
 
moxsii said:
Sometimes when people are knowledgeable about a subject they can appear to be stuck up assholes to those who are not as knowledgeable.
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Congratulations want a trophy for your kickboxing knowledge?

Respect plays a roll in sharing knowledge well it should anyway
 
Kanka said:
I'm sure people are more respectful in the ufc forum ;)
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Right but their are more personalities over there
Don't things as serious as you kickboxing guys I don't wanna sterotype all of y'all but let's be honest your post aren't alive its kinda boring
 
Kanka said:
I'm sure people are more respectful in the ufc forum ;)
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And to be honest I don't care about this kickboxing vs UFC forum little mini war i don't really care about it so I won't discuss any further
 
FlashKo12345 said:
I never wanted it to be in kickboxing anyway it's a wasteland over here
With stuck up assholes
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I prefer stuck up assholes who are stuck to their opinions cause they think they know better than everyone to mouthbreathing assholes who are stuck to their opinions because they're too ignorant to realize how ignorant they are. F2 is Dunning Kruger land.

But hey, what audience floats your boat.
 
Karaev fan said:
I prefer stuck up assholes who are stuck to their opinions cause they think they know better than everyone to mouthbreathing assholes who are stuck to their opinions because they're too ignorant to realize how ignorant they are. F2 is Dunning Kruger land.

But hey, what audience floats your boat.
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Karaev fan said:
I prefer stuck up assholes who are stuck to their opinions cause they think they know better than everyone to mouthbreathing assholes who are stuck to their opinions because they're too ignorant to realize how ignorant they are. F2 is Dunning Kruger land.

But hey, what audience floats your boat.
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Karaev fan said:
I prefer stuck up assholes who are stuck to their opinions cause they think they know better than everyone to mouthbreathing assholes who are stuck to their opinions because they're too ignorant to realize how ignorant they are. F2 is Dunning Kruger land.

But hey, what audience floats your boat.
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I don't care about either I just prefer to post in UFC because their is more people more people equals more different personalities some are funny and that is sometimes needed in a sport that sometimes takes itself too serious

And it sucks cuz I didn't want to post in kickboxing anyway and ya come out of nowhere calling me inbred for asking a kickboxing question if you are so called kickboxing fans why not answer the post instead of belittling people?
 
Tayski said:
You're talking about American Kickboxing (with the long pants and no low kicks). There is no requirements to throw kicks in Japanese/Dutch/K-1 rules Kickboxing. A few boxers have a go in K-1 and pretty much always got TKO'd by kicks.
Again the 'legit kickboxing tradition' you're talking about is probably non existing in USA but that's not the case in Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and Thailand.
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yes our point was that the american experience with kickboxing has been the lame long pants style and that turned audiences away from it. by the time the other dutch or thsi style was popular, japanese K-1 had hogged up all the talent. and then the rise of MMA didnt help either.



btw check out this awesome kickboxing vs muay thai historic fight.

 
tramendous said:
yes our point was that the american experience with kickboxing has been the lame long pants style and that turned audiences away from it. by the time the other dutch or thsi style was popular, japanese K-1 had hogged up all the talent. and then the rise of MMA didnt help either.



btw check out this awesome kickboxing vs muay thai historic fight.

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One of the best kickboxing matches I saw

Those low kicks dang
 
FlashKo12345 said:
And it sucks cuz I didn't want to post in kickboxing anyway and ya come out of nowhere calling me inbred for asking a kickboxing question if you are so called kickboxing fans why not answer the post instead of belittling people?
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Im sure the inbreds in question were the people responding to your question. FYI, this question gets asked pretty much on a weekly basis thats why nobody is chomping at the bit to provide a well thought out response in here.
 
tramendous said:
yes our point was that the american experience with kickboxing has been the lame long pants style and that turned audiences away from it. by the time the other dutch or thsi style was popular, japanese K-1 had hogged up all the talent. and then the rise of MMA didnt help either.
btw check out this awesome kickboxing vs muay thai historic fight.
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FlashKo12345 said:
One of the best kickboxing matches I saw
Those low kicks dang
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It saddens me that people use this forum only for the UFC / MMA sections and never venture in the Kickboxing / Muay Thai section. This video has been around or so long and seen many times, and there are a lot better fights out there in the archives.
 
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